All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 45
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NewsIPE Awards: Pension funds should see repackaged debt as 'opportunity'
CREATE-Research's Amin Rajan says eventual sell-off of European debt could be indiscriminate.
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NewsFunding levels at typical Swiss 'benchmark' pension fund falling
Funding drops by 9% quarter on quarter, according to Towers Watson.
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Euro risk mechanism has been 'working' since January at pension fund AHV
CEO at Swiss scheme points out that any exit from euro-zone would not happen ‘overnight’.
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NewsCanton of Zurich to inject €1.7bn into Swiss BVK pension fund
Local government recommends lower minimum interest rate instead of higher recovery contributions.
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NewsSwiss newspaper sued for information leak on pensions corruption probe
Tages-Anzeiger sued for revealing details on alleged corruption scandal at Swiss BVK.
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NewsGermany's BVK untroubled by peripheral European countries' woes
GERMANY – Head of asset management says fund 'hit' by turbulence, but puts faith in diversification.
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NewsGerman SME interest in occupational pensions at 'all-time high'
GERMANY – Since 2004, interest has grown from 15% to more than 25%, according to YouGovPsychonomics.
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NewsGerman pension funds sticking with asset allocations despite poor returns – survey
GERMANY – Regulatory, market uncertainty trumps meagre earnings rate on DB assets of just 4.3%.
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News'Only ECJ' can clear up questions over gender ruling for pensions
Uncertainty remains over whether ruling applies only to new contracts, or on-book assets.
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NewsSwitzerland sets interest rate minimum at 1.5% for second pillar
Government follows advice of occupational pensions commission to cut rate for 2012.
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NewsPension schemes overpaying for alternatives, experts say
Alternatives comprise 7% of investments, but 37% of costs, according to c-alm.
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IP Asia
Asian debt coming into focus
Investors should consider Asia first when structuring their bond portfolio and get rid of the notion of emerging market debt being junk, according to Aberdeen Asset Management. Barbara Ottawa reports
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NewsEmployer group calls for changes to Germany's pension protection fund
GERMANY – BDA proposal would abandon practice of basing calculations on company's insolvency risk.
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NewsParticipation estimates for German occupational schemes 'exaggerated'
GERMANY – Statistics authority looks at occupational pensions for first time in 20 years.
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NewsGerman labour ministry accepts AbA call for occupational pensions panel
GERMANY – Senior representative says creation of panel a 'really good idea' and 'long overdue'.
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NewsSwiss railway pension scheme to cut conversion rate
Follows similar move made by Publica to decrease conversion rate earlier this year.
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NewsGermany's BVK adds solar park to infrastructure portfolio
GERMANY – German Sustainable Building Council also awards pension scheme two gold awards.
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NewsPension scheme funding to tumble at top Swiss companies – Towers Watson
Top-listed companies to see schemes' funding tumble to 80% or lower by year-end.
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NewsNestlé scheme moves into covered bonds, maintains 30% equity allocation
GERMANY – Allocation is one of highest in country, where schemes tend to invest less than 10% in asset class.
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NewsGerman roundup: Union on M&A, RCM on KAGs, local schemes on ECJ
GERMANY – German asset management industry set for bout of consolidation, Union predicts.
